The Ivory Market and Its Intricacies at London Docks
A description of ivory sales at London docks shows tusks laid out for inspection by buyers with every fragment valued for its use. The article notes waste is minimized, with even shavings having market value, and explains how buyers assess lot solvency and waste. It also shares a digression on John Adams and the US motto E Pluribus Unum, plus a curious fragment on an electric kite concept for lightning guidance.
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London
London Docks
John Adams
England
John Prestwick
Adams
Congress
Lew
Gentleman’s Magazine
Easter Egg Tour of Homemade Toys
A Louis Post-Dispatch feature describes craft ideas for holiday eggs. It explains making a torpedo boat, duck, cradle, penny doll, and a Chinaman penwiper using eggs, wax, cardboard, toothpicks, and paint with step by step assembly notes. The piece blends playful projects with period craft language.
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Louis Post-Dispatch
Butter Adds Flavor In Nordic And French Coffee Roasting
In Norway the beans roast in a covered shovel with a bit of butter. In France a walnut sized piece of butter is added with three pounds of beans and four dessert spoons of miso sugar. The result enhances flavor and aroma and imparts a distinctive caramel note to the coffee.
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Norway
France
Bloody Meadow Battle Echoes at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire
The Bloody Meadow at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire lies where the Avon and Severn meet, 180 miles from London. Local tradition says partisans of the white and red roses reenact the 15th century battle each anniversary night near the town.
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Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
Avon
Severn
London
London Academy
Franklin's Kite Experiment Described in 1762 Letter
In a letter dated October 10, 1762, Franklin explains making a cross of eight cedar sticks and a silk handkerchief kite. The design includes corners tied to the cross, a tail and string, with a sharp wire at the top to rise and endure wind.
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Franklin
Easter at Bethlehem Moravians Hold Quaint Services
Easter customs of Moravians in Pennsylvania feature a Good Friday crucifixion service marked by the church bell tolls. On Easter Sunday morning a trombone choir tours towns awakening residents to attend early resurrection services.
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Pennsylvania
United States of America
Easter Flowers Timing Blossoms for Easter Services
Florists time blossoming of flowers to meet church service needs. Scientists with the U S Agricultural Department say plants can be coaxed to bloom by water or sunshine control. Floriculture now an exact science enabling buds to open on Easter morning, with minor variations for unhealthy specimens.
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United States Agricultural Department
Fortity
Washington Star
Slaves in Ancient Rome Prices Highlighted by Journal
The Toulsville Course Journal notes that in Rome during its golden age laborers could cost as little as 5 to 100 dollars after victories and captives arrived. It cites varied values for skilled slaves including cooks at 2500 dollars, physicians at 10000, actors at 5000, and scribes at 1000, reflecting status and trade.
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Rome
Cicero
Catiline
Toulsville
The Tailor Dressed Man Gets In
An advertisement boasts The Royal Tailor System offering made to measure suits at affordable prices. A master measure taker and Royal craftsman in Chicago or New York tailor clothes to the customer’s measurements with a large selection of 500 Springs Woolens available for viewing today.
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Chicago
New York
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Ivory Market
Franklin’s Kite
Experia
Bethlehem
the Royal Ta
California
Canada
Japan
A. van den Brink & Co
Boyden
Rouwenhorst
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